Kevin Ko

Biography

Kevin is a partner in our Corporate Advisory group.

He specialises in mergers & acquisitions and equity capital markets transactions, including takeovers, schemes of arrangement and private share / asset sales.  He advises on corporate and securities law matters, including complex joint ventures, directors’ duties, continuous disclosure, corporate governance, the ASX listing rules and foreign investment. 

Experience

Kevin’s experience includes advising:

  • Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) and Aware Super on their $3.5 billion acquisition of Vocus Group Limited by scheme of arrangement.

  • Fresenius Medical Care on its competitive sale process for the Cura Day Hospitals business.

  • Investa Property Group on the $3.4 billion contested acquisition by trust scheme of Investa Office Fund between Oxford Properties (OMERS) and Blackstone.

  • Johnson Controls Inc on the sale of its ADT security business in Australia and New Zealand.

  • MIRA on its $2.4 billion acquisition of Bingo Industries Limited by scheme of arrangement.

  • SG Fleet Group on its acquisition of LeasePlan ANZ.

  • Yancoal Australia on its successful US$3.4 billion contested acquisition of Coal & Allied Industries from Rio Tinto and associated US$2.5 billion capital raising.

  • Ruralco Holdings Ltd on its $469 million acquisition by Agrium Australia, a subsidiary of Nutrien Ltd, by way of scheme of arrangement.

  • Ramsay Health Care and Sime Darby on the proposed $1.8 billion sale of Ramsay Sime Darby Health Care.

  • SiteMinder on its pre-IPO raising with BlackRock, Pendal, Australian Super, Goldman Sachs and Ellerston Capital

  • Web.com on its acquisition of Dreamscape Networks by way of scheme of arrangement.

  • Shaw and Partners on its sale to Swiss-listed EFG International in multiple tranches and associated shareholder arrangements.

  • Vocus Communications Limited on its $4.3 billion merger of equals with M2 Telecommunications Ltd by way of scheme of arrangement.